Mila Dragojević, "Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War" (Cornell UP, 2019)
New Books in Eastern European Studies
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The Importance of Emotion in the Formation of Immoral Communities
The two main mechanisms by which immoral communities are formed are the exclusion of moderates and the production of borders. And what i really enjoyed in your book was that, as you're describing these two mechanisms, you really pay attention to the emotions that accompany them. For example, how fear comes into play and is associated with threats and rumors and suspicion and so on. Yes, those are the most essential ar processes, and of course, a very important question to pose.
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